Engineered two world championships for Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso each.
One must ask, “what did he ask of Jos Verstappen? Johnny Herbert? Giancarlo Fisichella?”
“I was not aware of the position of his contract negotiations although with the benefit of hindsight I now consider that he believed that his actions would have a favourable effect on these negotiations.”
In a letter sent to the FIA World Motor Sport Council, the keyword in that quote from Mr. Symonds is “position”. He does not deny knowing that they were going on, but at what position? Who can tell. Symonds is pretty much on board with anything his partner in crime Flavio Briatore says. I mean, he’s worked with the man for over 10 years if you include the Benetton days… trust is built in a working relationship of that length.
People often like to call Michael Schumacher “ruthless”. These are the men responsible for the first 4 seasons of his F1 career. You don’t think Symonds is just as ruthless as Schumacher is?
“On that night in Singapore last year I made a mistake the consequences of which I could never have imagined at the time. For that mistake I can only offer all of you, and all those touched by the action I was involved in, my profound apology.”
Sounds more like the apology I’d give to my wife and family after a night in Singapore, if ya know what I mean.
